The data has
revealed a decline in the total number of crashes in the area, from 234 in 2011
to 211 in 2012.

In 2012, 62 per
cent of the drivers/riders involved in crashes lived in the Eurobodalla and 60
per cent were male.

Eurobodalla Shire
Council Mayor, Lindsay Brown, is sure the crash rates can be reduced even
further if road users reduce their speed, be consistently on alert for hazards
and drive to the conditions.

“While the latest
RMS figures are generally an improvement, they are still alarming with one
person killed and 128 injured on Eurobodalla roads during 2012,” Cr Brown said.

The number of
crashes involving drivers/riders aged over 60 years has increased while crash
numbers involving provisional (P) licence holders have declined.

Crashes involving
motorcyclists in 2012, however, were almost double the previous year. In 2011,
13 of these vulnerable road users were injured and in 2012, 25 were injured.
Five of the motorcycle crashes occurred on unsealed roads.